RAILWAY SERVICES LIBERALISED LEAVE RULES 1949

RULE 503 : RIGHT TO LEAVE (Source : Indian Railway Establishment Manual) Leave can not be claimed as of right and leave of any kind may be refused or revoked by the authority competent to grant it, but it shall not be open to that authority to alter the kind of leave due and applied for except at the written request of the Railway Servant.

Railway Services (Liberalised Leave) Rule, 1949 Special leave Maternity leave 180 Days can be extended up to 2 years Without Medical Certificate Paternity leave 15 Days to be Availed within 6 months of Child birth Hospital leave Special Disability leave 28 Months, Other than Group”A”&”B” 24 Months to All Group A, B C &D Contd…

Railway Services (Liberalised Leave) Rule, 1949 Special leave Study Leave Max. 24 Months, 12 Months at a Time. For Doctors up to 36 months for PG After 5 yrs. Regular Service & 2 sureties To serve for Min. 3 yrs. On return. Extra Ordinary Leave Child Care Leave 3 Months W/O M/C 6 Months with M/C 18 Months with M/C. For treatment of Cancer Max. 2 years (730 Days) During entire Service 24 Months for Prosecuting higher studies with 3 years Reg. Service & 2 sureties For 2 child Up to 18 years To serve for Min. 3 yrs. on return. of age CCL only when No APL at Credit.

LEAVE ON AVERAGE PAY The L. A. P. account of all the Railway servants, should be credited with 30 days. This should be done in two installments, 15 days on the first of January and 15 days on the 1 st of July every year

To be reduced by 1/10 th of the period of extraordinary leave availed during the previous half year, subject to a maximum of 15 days. Joining in between : 2. 5 days for one month Maximum limit for accumulation of LAP 300 days.

MAXIMUM LAP AT ONE TIME Maximum leave that can be granted at one time is 120 days, but in case the leave is to be spent out of India, except Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan, then it can be upto the extent of 180 days.

SPECIAL PROVISION IN RESPECT WORKSHOP STAFF The workshop staff may be allowed to take leave for half a day with pay or without pay. For this purpose leave for half a day means authorized absence from duty for over half an hour.

SANCTIONING OF LEAVE The General Managers may delegate the power of sanctioning casual and earned leave upto 15 days to Class III and Class IV (Group “C’ & “D” ) staff to Senior Supervisory staff in the grade of RS. 50008000/9300 -34800, GP 4200/- such as Section Engineers, Traffic Inspectors, Loco Foremen and Station Masters of important stations.

MAXIMUM LEAVE No Railway servant shall be granted leave of any kind for a continuous period exceeding five years unless otherwise determined by the President in view of exceptional circumstances.

LEAVE ON HALF AVERAGE PAY Leave admissible : The rate at which leave at half average pay can be earned is 20 days for each completed year of service. This applies to all the staff irrespective of class.

MAXIMUM LEAVE TO BE GRANTED Maximum leave on half-average pay that can be granted at one time is 24 months.

COMMUTED LEAVE The commutation of half pay leave should be allowed where leave is required for an approved course of study, and upto a maximum of 180 days of half pay leave during entire service

LEAVE NOT DUE A permanent Railway employee may be granted “Leave not due” on half average pay for a period not exceeding 360 days in all on medical certificates and shall be limited to the leave on half average pay he is likely to earn there after. This leave is granted in advance of its being earned and is debited against the leave on half average pay to be earned on resumption of duty.

MATERNITY LEAVE (Rly. Bd. No. RBE No. 158 dtd. 23/10/2008) Existing ceiling of 135 days Maternity Leave is enhanced to 180 days. Such leave is not debited to the leave account of the employees. Leave of the kind due including commuted leave for a period not exceeding 60 days and leave not due may also be granted in continuation of maternity leave, upto a maximum of two years without production of medical certificate. The period of EOL without M/C shall not be treated as Q. S. for pension, increment etc.

CHILD CARE LEAVE RBE No. 144/2010 issued under L. No. E(P&A)I 2008/CPC/LE-8 dated 4. 10. 2010. ) Women employees having minor children may be granted child Care Leave by an authority competent to grant leave for a maximum period of 2 years( 730 days ) during their entire service for taking care of upto two children whether for rearing or to look after any of their needs like examination, sickness etc. This leave would not be admissible if child is above 18 years of age. .

CHILD CARE LEAVE This leave shall not be debited against the leave account. During the period of leave the women employees shall be paid leave salary equal to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave CCL cannot be demanded as a matter of right & an employee can not proceed on CCL without prior approval. CCL can be availed only if the employee has no Earned Leave at her credit has been modified recently and has since been deleted.

Child Care Leave (Contd) n CCL may not be granted for more than 3 spells in a calendar year, n CCL may not be granted for less than 15 days. n CCL should not ordinarily be granted during probation period except in case of extreme situations where the leave sanctioning authority is fully satisfied about the need of CCL to the probationers. minimal. CCL during probation should be

PATERNITY LEAVE A male Railway servant (including an apprentice) with less than two surviving children may be granted paternity leave for a period of 15 days during the confinement of his wife. This leave may be granted 15 days before child birth and upto six months thereafter.

STUDY LEAVE This leave is granted when there is : a) direct and close connection with the sphere of his duties; b) it is likely to improve his abilities as Railway servant; c) it is advantageous to Government from the point of view of public interest and related to the duties of Railway servant; d) it is liberally granted particularly to doctors, scientific & technical staff.

Study leave shall not be granted unless: (i) It is certified by the authority competent to grant leave the proposed course of study or training shall be of definite advantage from the point of view of public interest. (ii) It is for prosecution of studies other than academic, or literary subjects. Medical officers may be granted study leave for prosecuting PG courses. If the DG of Railway Health services certifies that such study shall be valuable in increasing the efficiency of such medical officers in the performance of their duties.

This leave can be granted to a Railway Servant : 1. Who has satisfactorily completed period of probation and has rendered not less than 5 years regular continuous service including the period of probation. 2. Who is not due for superannuation within 3. years. 3. Who executes the bonds for a period of 3 years. to serve the government after return from. . study leave

Maximum amount of study leave: 1. Ordinarily 12 months at any one time and 2. During his entire service, 24 months in all. * Study leave shall not be debited against the leave Account of the Railway servant. * Study leave may be combined with other kind of leave but in no case shall the grant of this leave in combination with leave other than extra ordinary leave involve a total absence of more than 28 months generally and 36 months for the courses leading to Ph. D degree and P. G. Degree in medicine including the period of vacation

HOSPITAL LEAVE Hospital leave is granted to all classes of Railway servants (except gazetted officers) when they are under medical treatment for injuries sustained on duty. The fact that the injuries were the result of carelessness on the part of the employee is immaterial. 120 days on leave salary equal to leave on average pay, subject to such cases being reviewed by the Medical Superintendents and concurred in by Senior Divisional Accounts Officer/Associate Accounts Officer.

HOSPITAL LEAVE ………. . Contd. It can be combined with any other leave provided the total leave does not exceed 28 months Hospital leave is not admissible to an employee from the date he is declared permanently unfit for service.

SPECIAL DISABILITY LEAVE The period of leave that can be granted shall be such as is certified by the Authorised Medical Officer subject to a maximum of 24 months in respect of one disability. Disability leave can be combined with any other kind of leave. The leave salary admissible during such leave will be average pay for the first four months and half -average pay for the remaining period.

SPECIAL DISABILITY LEAVE ……. Contd. If the employee is governed by the Workmen’s Compensation Act, then the amount of leave salary that is paid to him will be deducted from the amount of compensation payable under Workmen’s Compensation Act.

EXTRAORDINARY LEAVE This leave is granted when: 1) When no other leave is admissible and 2) When Railway Servant applies in writing for the grant of EOL.

EOL cannot be granted in excess of the following limits: a) 3 months without medical certificate b) 6 months with medical certificate c) 18 months for treatment of T. B. Leprosy, Cancer, etc. d) 24 months for prosecuting higher studies with 3 years continuous services along with a bond for three years, supported by two sureties.

LEAVE ENCASHMENT : 10 days Leave encashment at the time of availing Passes/PTOs. Maximum of 60 days in entire career. Successive encashment cannot be made before the lapse of minimum period of two years. Equal No. of days is to be debited in the Leave A/c. This clause not applicable to those directly engaged in running of trains, viz. running staff, SMs/ASMs/Guards, Motormen, Shunters, etc. Encashment of LAP upto 10 days has been permitted without any linkage to the No. of Days and the nature of leave availed at the time of availing Passes/PTOs

Para 547 of Indian Railways Medical Manual (VOL. I) Sick certificate or recommendation for leave or extension of leave of Medical grounds Ø When a gazetted Railway employee reports that he/she is unable to attend duty by reason of sickness, the Sr. DMO will issue a M. C. in triplicate. Ø Where there is no CMS/MS in charge the ADMO can issue a MC and immediately intimate the MS/MS/ In charge. Ø There is no provision of Private Medical Certificate in Case of Gazetted Railway Employees. A gazetted Railway employee reporting sick with Railway Doctor Outside his HQ should be transferred to his HQ with a “ fit to travel certificate” to report to his authorized Medical Officer.

Ø The authorised Medical Officer should intimate by telephone, letter or wire, the Divisional Railway Manager, or the Head of the department, as the case may be regarding the sickness of the gazetted Railway employee, so that necessary arrangements may be made for relief. In the cases where the sickness is likely to exceed ten days, report should be sent to Chief Medical Director. Ministry of Railways desire that as and a high when ranking Gazetted officer i. e. Addl. GM and above is taken on sick list, information to this effect should invariably be sent to the D. G. (RHS)

Probationers of Organized Railway Services appearing in Subsequent Recruitment Examination(s) vz. Civil Services Examination etc. (Rly. Bd’s letter NO. E(Trg)98(19)/2 dtd. 09. 06) In supersession to the instructions issued vide this office letter of even number Dated 28. 8. 2000, it has now been decided that the probationers of the eight Organized Railway Services selected through Civil Services Examination and Engineering Services Examination, will not be granted any kind of long leave for Preparation for any subsequent recruitment examination(s) before completing the Probationary training and passing the posting examinations.

Accordingly, probationers who join railway service and wish to appear in subsequent Recruitment examination (s) should be granted only short leave covering the Period up to the exam only and not for preparation for the exam. For implementing these instructions, Training Institutes probationer on may reporting ensure to the Centralized that every concerned Centralized Training Institute is informed of the above instructions and also that non- compliance of these instructions would be viewed seriously